Combination hook



Oct. 15, 1929. J, ss 1,731,408

COMBINATION HOOK Filed Jan. 24, 1928 INVENTOR ames E. 'Finness b mwawm Patented Get. 15, 1929 airs star JAMES E. FINNESSY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA COMBINATIUN HOOK Application filed January 24, 1928. Serial No. 249,034.

This invention relates to a combination article, arranged for attachment to a wall or the like, and comprising a bottle opener having associated therewith a hook for the suspension of wash cloths, razor cloths, and similar articles.

. One object of the invention is to combine an adequate hook with the cap remover in a single article which is compact and easy to manufacture.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a bottle cap remover which engages the cap on the bottle firmly, and in such position, that the cap is readily removed from the bottle.

A further object of the invention is to provide an article so arranged that a bottle cap bears against a portion of the article itself, so that the wall, or other surface to whiehthe article is attached, is not marred by the operation of removing the cap from a bottle.

In the accompanying drawing Figure I is a side elevation of one form of the combination bottle cap remover and hook constituting the subject matter of the present invention; Figure 11 is a front elevation of the same.

With reference to Figures I and H of the drawings, the device comprises a plate member 1, provided with orifices 2 for the attachment of the same to a wall or other surface;

and a member 3, which extends outwardly from the backing plate 1, and is preferably integral therewith.

This outwardly extendinginember 3 comprises a neck i, an upwardly and outwardly extending hook member 5, and a depending cap removing member 6. The cap removing member 6 is formed with an edge 7 for engaging under the metal can on a bottle, such edge being desirably slightly concave, as shown in Figure H. As shown in Figure I, the edge 7 also extends a short distance inwardly toward the backing plate 1 to form a hook for better engaging the bottle cap.

As indicated in Figure 11, and in dotted lines in Figure I, the backing plate 1 is provided with an indentation 8 adjacent the gripping edge 7 of the cap removing member. In cooperation with the slightly concave edge 7, this indentation. permits an increased firmness in the gripping of a bottle cap when the bottle is brought into the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure I.

From the above it will be readily understood that the cap removing elements of the device provide means for the easy removal of cap from a bottle without the exertion of an undesirably great force thereon, and fully protect the wall or other surface to which the device is attached from being marred by the bottle cap. The hook member of the device is so arranged with respect to the cap removing member that it does not interfere with the use thereof, and does not add materially to the cost o1 the article as a whole.

What I claim is:

1. A hook comprising a plate extending in one plane for attachment to a wall or the like, hook member integral with said plate and extending outwardly from the plane thereof, said. hook member having an upwardly extending portion forming a hook proper and a downwardly extending portion formed by indenting the member adjacent the plate, an edge on said downwardly extending portion inturned toward the plate to serve as a can re mover for bottles, said cap removing portion being so positioned with respect to the plate that the plate serves as a backing member during the use of said portion, and said plate having therein an indentation inset from the surface thereof corresponding in curvature to the curvature of a bottle cap.

2. A hook comprising a plate extending in one plane for attachment to a wall or the like, a hooked member integral with said plate and extending outwardly from the plane thereof, said hook member having an upwardly extencing portion forming a hook proper, a portion on said hook extending laterally a distance suiiicient to provide an edge having a line contact with a bottle cap, and an edge on said portion inturned toward the plate and of concave contour to have a line contact with the bottle cap, said edge being so positioned with respect to the plate that the plate serves a backing member cooperating with said edge in the removal of bottle caps.

3. A hook comprising a plate eXtending in one plane for attachment to a wall or the like,

a hook member integral with said plate and extending outwardly from the plane thereof, said hook member having an upward- 1y extending portion forming a hook proper, a portion on said hook extending laterally a distance sufficient to provide-an edge having a line contact with a bottle cap, and an edge on said portion int-urned toward the plate and of concave contour to have a line contact- With the bottle cap, said edge being so positioned With respect to the plate that the plate serves as a backing member cooperating With said edge in the removal of bottle caps, and said plate having therein an indentation inset from the surface thereof corresponding in curvature to the curvature of a bottle cap.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto set myhand.

JAMES E. FINNESSY. 

